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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
4
Game warden reports sixteen dozen pheasants distributed across Fairfield County and five barrels of lobster eggs planted in the Sound near Fairfield harbor. The short lobster statute aims to boost future stocks, despite license violations. A second pheasant shipment is expected to complete the county quota.
Paris August 15 Former President Poincare denounced open diplomacy as a failure noting that Supreme Council decisions are made in private talks away from press reports. He argued secret maneuvering dominates policy and public opinion is set aside in critical decisions, condemning the peace efforts.
Washington Aug 1 Increased appropriations for citizens training camps will be requested next year due to the tremendous summer turnout General Pershing chief of staff announced after inspecting Camps Meade Jackson Knox Grant and Snelling. This year 14 085 attended selected from 40 589 applicants. Pershing said he hoped 40 000 could attend next year and that President Harding favored the plan. He will visit Camp Devens and Plattsburgh soon.
Cleveland Aug 15 Representatives of the National Window Glass Workers' Association and the National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers failed to reach a final settlement in the window glass industry. T M Neenan said the manufacturers offered a 32 72 percent wage cut, which the workers refused, though they accepted a 2 1/2 percent reduction. With no compromise, the conference adjourned.
The arbitration board, chaired by Judge Frank Trying of Ticaca, will likely issue a decision on next year’s newsprint worker wages tomorrow or Wednesday. I W Carlisle representing manufacturers said the board is reviewing evidence from prior hearings. All newsprint mills except International Paper are involved. President Harding declined an invitation to the International Prong Conference in Hawaii. Japanese chemists report discovery of an incombustible celluloid substitute.
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